Document Management White Papers
Media Choices for the Preservation of Digital Documents
Overview On any given desk, stacks of diskettes and CDs compete for space with the piles of paper. Among paper records there is certainty about whether the information contained by the paper is intact because one immediately recognizes its integrity with a quick glance. In contrast, information on diskettes and CDs is not so readily ascertained because one needs to access the information through a secondary medium (a computer). This is the basis of concerns from the cultural heritage community about the preservation of digital documents. Although strategies and techniques for preserving traditional documents and artifacts are relatively well-known, the digital realm is largely unknown ground, leaving many uneasy about the prospects of vital digital artifacts surviving for more than a very short period of time.
| Publisher | University of Calgary | File Format | |
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| Date Published | October 2005 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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